Share/Stock Highlights: The topline fairness indices on the BSE and National Stock Exchange (NSE) ended with marginal features to settle at contemporary new peaks on Friday.
The S&P BSE Sensex rose 163.11 factors (0.27 per cent) to finish at a record-closing excessive of 60,048.47. Earlier within the day, the BSE benchmark had surged 447.64 factors (0.75 per cent) to breach the 60,000-mark for the very first time and hit a contemporary document intraday excessive of 60,333.00.
Likewise, the Nifty 50 climbed 30.25 factors (0.17 per cent) to finish at an all-time excessive of 17,853.20. The NSE barometer had earlier breached the 17,900-mark for the primary time ever to the touch a document excessive of 17,947.65.
Gains on the Sensex pack on Friday had been led by Asian Paints, Mahindra & Mahindra (M&M), HCL Technologies, HDFC Bank, Bharti Airtel and Maruti Suzuki India. On the opposite hand, Tata Steel, State Bank of India (SBI), Axis Bank, ITC, Hindustan Unilever (HUL) and NTPC had been the highest laggards.
Among the sectoral indices on NSE, the Nifty Realty index climbed 1.50 per cent led by a pointy achieve in Oberoi Realty. On the opposite hand, the Nifty Metal index fell 2.10 per cent weighed by Tata Steel, Jindal Steel & Power and National Aluminium Company.
In the broader market, the S&P BSE MidCap index ended at 25,194.84, down 294.86 factors (1.16 per cent). The S&P BSE SmallCap settled at 28,023.34, down 85.58 factors (0.30 per cent). The volatility index or India VIX rose 1.92 per cent to 16.9225.
(with inputs from companies)
